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{{for|his grandfather|Duarte de Meneses, 3rd Count of Viana}}
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| office = [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Governor of India]]
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| successor = [[Vasco da Gama]]
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| death_date = After 1539
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[[Dom (honorific)|Dom]] '''Duarte de Meneses''' (sometimes ''de Meneses'') (before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, [[List of governors of Tangier|Governor]] of [[Tangier]] from 1508 to 1521 and 1536 to 1539, and [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Governor]] of [[Portuguese India|India]] from 1522 to 1524.

== Background ==

D. Duarte de Meneses was the eldest son of the powerful noble D. [[João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca|João de Meneses]], 1st [[Count of Tarouca]] and [[Prior of Crato]], and his wife D. Joana de Vilhena. He was named after his renowned grandfather, [[Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana]], captain of [[Alcácer-Ceguer]].

== Tangier ==

In 1508, Duarte de Meneses succeeded his father as [[List of colonial heads of Tangier|Portuguese captain]] of [[Tangier]], a function he had already been effectively performing in his father's name since 1507.<ref name=":0" /> He carved out a formidable reputation as a military leader in numerous engagements around Tangier.<ref>Subrahmanyam, p. 287</ref>

== India ==

In 1521, D. Duarte de Meneses was named by King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] as the next [[List of colonial heads of Portuguese India|governor]] of [[Portuguese India]], succeeding [[Diogo Lopes de Sequeira]]. Duarte de Menezes left Lisbon in April, 1521, with an [[Portuguese India Armadas|armada]] of 11 [[carrack]]s destined for India. He was accompanied by his brother D. [[Luís de Menezes]], who captained one of the ships. On the outgoing leg, Menezes's armada was joined by a squadron of four ships, commanded by [[Martim Afonso de Mello]], destined for China.<ref>Quintella, p. 361–62</ref> Menezes's armada arrived in [[Goa]] at the end of August, 1521. He assumed office in early 1522, upon the departure of his predecessor.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

D. Duarte de Meneses tenure as governor was considered disastrous. Accused of corruption, he was arrested by his successor, [[Vasco da Gama]], in 1524, and sent back to Portugal.<ref name="Subrahmanyam, p. 346">Subrahmanyam, p. 346</ref> He was imprisoned for nearly seven years in the castle of [[Torres Vedras]], before being finally released by the intercession of powerful friends<ref name="Subrahmanyam, p. 346"/> including D. [[António de Ataíde]], Count of Castanheira.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The career and legend of Vasco da Gama|last=Subrahmanyam, Sanjay.|date=1997|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-47072-2|location=Cambridge|page=287|oclc=34990029}}</ref>

== Tangier again ==

The rehabilitation of Duarte de Meneses was sufficiently complete that in October 1536, he managed to be appointed to his old post as [[List of colonial heads of Tangier|governor]] of [[Tangier]]. He held that post until January, 1539, when he handed over the government to his son, D. [[João de Meneses]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Duarte de Meneses lived out the remainder of his days in Portugal.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

==References==
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*''História de Tânger durante la dominacion portuguesa'', by D. Fernando de Menezes, conde de la Ericeira, etc. traduccion del R. P. Buanaventura Diaz, O.F.M., Misionero del Vicariato apostólico de Marruecos. Lisboa Occidental. Imprenta Ferreiriana. 1732.
* Ignacio da Costa Quintella (1839) ''Annaes da Marinha Portugueza'', Vol. 1, Lisbon: Academia Real das Sciencias.
*''The career and legend of Vasco da Gama'', Sanjay Subrahmahnyam, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

== External links ==
* [http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=12802 genealogy of D. Duarte de Menezes] at geneall.com
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=tSz8lqqFckwC&dq=Duarte+de+Menezes&pg=PA199 The Rise of Portuguese Power in India (1497–1550), p. 199]

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